Channing Moore Hall Papers
Access and use
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
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Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
- Terms of access:
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Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
- Preferred citation:
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Channing Moore Hall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 9.00 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Channing Moore Hall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Background
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Professional and personal papers of Channing Moore Hall (1890-1953) attorney and mayor of Williamsburg. A box and folder list for accession 1992.66 of the collection is available in the Special Collections Research Center. A description of accession 2005.16 is available below in the finding aid/inventory.
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Folder of papers relating to a document, 1773, to establish a public school in Williamsburg, Virginia. Correspondence of Channing M. Hall III and correspondence of Channing M Hall, mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia in the 1930's.
Abstract of Title, Lease, Deed and notes regarding the Bull Property and other properties in Williamsburg and York County, Virginia
Correspondence, minutes and notes about the Committee on Plans and Endowments.
Abstract of Title, Deed and correspondence regarding the purchase of the Bozarth Property.
Correspondence and legal documents as related to the College of William and Mary.
Scope and Contents "Invasion Day Address" by Honorable C.M. Hall, Mayor on June 6, 1944.
- Biographical / historical:
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Channing Moore Hall was born February 3, 1890 and died May 31, 1953, the son of John Lesslie Hall and Margaret Fenwick Farland Hall. He married Nona Powell Sentz in 1925. His two children were Channing Moore Hall, Jr. and Susan Glentworth Hall Godson.
He received his A. B. degree from William and Mary in 1908 (Phi Beta Kappa) and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Virginia 1910. Served as 1st lieutenant, Field Artillery in World War I.
He served on the Williamsburg City Council and was mayor of Williamsburg from 1934-1947 and also served on the Board of Visitors of William and Mary. He served in many other civic capacities. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
- Acquisition information:
- Gift Acc. 2005.16 Addition a gift of Susan Godson.
- Arrangement:
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Series 1 (Boxes 1-2) is the general correspondence of Hall; Series 2 (Box 3) is the family correspondence of Hall; Series 3 (Box 4) concerns the College of William and Mary; Series 4 (Boxes 5-7) is the civic and professional correspondence of Hall.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- College of William and Mary--History--20th century
Legal documents
Agendas (administrative records)
Correspondence
Deeds
Deeds--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century
Minutes
Resolutions (administrative records) - Names:
- College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors
- Places:
- Deeds--Virginia--Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--World War, 1939-1945